National Health Authority, Government Of India And Nathealth Join Hands To Drive Innovations In Healthcare Sector

Kolkata, July 25, 2019: Highlighting  the  critical  role  of  innovations  in  achieving  the  goal  of  Universal  Health Coverage through programs like Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan  Arogya Yojana

 (PMJAY), its implementing  agency  National  Health  Authority (NHA) today  signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU) with apex healthcare industry body NATHEALTH- Healthcare Federation  of India. 

The aim of this strategic partnership is to enable a seamless pathway that streamlines all innovationsensuring  that  it  scales  and  increases  the  efficacy  of  PMJAY  service  delivery. Further, this collaboration rovides anindustry interface for testing innovations; providing mentorship and creating channels for facilitating support required for scaling these innovations. This will bolster NHA’s effectiveness in implementing itsinnovation strategy, which is aligned with the its vision of “Health for All”.

NHA and NATHEALTH have jointly agreed to meet the following objectives through this MoU:

§  Identifying and curating the best healthcare innovations and start-ups from India.

§  Assessing healthcare innovations through varied perspectives such as clinical, technical, impact, sustainability and scalability.

§  Enabling   an  ecosystem  for  healthcare  innovations  to  engage  with  Ayushman  Bharat  PM-JAY.

§  Enabling  an  ecosystem  for  the  industry  partners  within  the  NATHEALTH  network  to  participate  in piloting, testing, adopting, funding and scaling innovations.

§  Providing Go-to-market support across Tier I, II and III cities, and rural areas.

§  Starting a dialogue on ‘how to create an enabling regulatory framework for mainstreaming innovation’.

This initiative will focus on a variety of healthcare sectors, including but not limited to:

§  Value-based healthcare

§  Population health management, risk management and insurance administration

§  Chronic secondary and tertiary ailments

§  Digital health

§  Medical Devices

§  Health Data Analytics

§  Technology-enabled  models  of  healthcare  delivery  including  leveraging  innovations  centered  around frontier technologies

§  Improving operational efficiency of service delivery of PM-JAY 

The partnership will aim to create open platforms such as universities, start-up incubators and accelerators, private industries, investors (private capital, grant-giving organizations and foundations) that will enable engagement between different types of innovation organizations.

Speaking at the MoU signing, Dr. Indu Bhushan, CEO, National Health Authority, said “NHA enthusiastically looks  forward  to  this  partnership. With  the  implementation  of  Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, it is paramount that we increase the efficacy of the health service delivery such that we can provide an increased access to high quality of care. We have been witnessing a plethora of healthcare

 innovations happening across thecountry    and  it  is crucial  to  empower       them   by providing the right support. I am confident that this partnership will help us in linking PM JAY, the industry and the 

innovators thus enabling increased adoption of numerous inventions, leading to an increase in access to quality care delivered under PM-JAY.” 

Airing his views on the scope of the partnership, Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, President, NATHEALTH said, “We welcome this opportunity to work with NHA to build partnerships with innovators, who will help shape healthcare in India. The main objective of the joint Initiative is to provide and enable a healthcare innovation ecosystem that supports healthcare innovators and provides them opportunities to 

partner and scale. We will  be  assessing  these innovations  from  all  perspectives  within  industry  and  connected  innovation  landscape. This  initiative  also  aims  to  enable     healthcare  innovations  to  access  private  industry  support, funding from private capital and other funders, and mentorship  from  clinical, technology  and  business  experts.”

Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)